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    Whale Recall; 05-11 Steering Shaft

    Heard this on the radio and confirmed it online:

    From Automobile Magazine online;

    The Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car may have driven off into the taxi queue, limo fleet and early bird buffet parking lot in the sky, but there are still millions of them on American roads. Ford is issuing a recall applying to approximately 370,000 of the troika of rear-drive workhorses. The recall applies to a corrosion-prone steering shaft that could be vulnerable in areas that receive heavy snowfall, and have roads treated with salt, The Detroit News reports.

    The lower-intermediate steering shaft on 2005-2011 Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car models could corrode and possibly break under some conditions.

    Vehicles originally sold in Michigan, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and West Virginia, plus the District of Columbia are affected by the recall.

    Ford states that customers that routinely operate their vehicles in those regions, or have concerns about their steering safety, should contact their dealerships regarding the recall, and have their vehicles inspected and repaired, if necessary. Ford says it is not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the steering shaft issues.
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    2006 Grand Marquis LS: Silver Birchwood w/Black interior, Sunroof, "Y"spoke wheels. No performance mods.
    Convienience "mods": Driver's center armrest from 97 Town Car for storage, FM Modulator on stock sound system, Garmin Nuvi 1350,
    Cobra Radar/Laser detector, Midland 75-822 CB/WX radio.

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    Bloody nora. I just had mine changed on my 03 - why the &*(%$ isn't it included??!

    Pete
    Originally posted by gadget73
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    2003 Grand Marquis Ultimate, the "Stealth Bomber": http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...-Grand-Marquis
    1991 S-10, 'Bulldog', 2.5l 5 speed: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...375#post698375
    1985 Town Car, 'Faded Glory', gone but not forgotten. 84/87/91/97 MGMs too.

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